- Craik and Lockhart (1972) produced a theory to explain how memory works.
- Their aim was to explain why some information is better remembered than others.
- They suggested that how well a piece of information is remembered depends on how it is processed.
- The way we process information depends upon the type of information and its relevance to us.
Information Processing: They suggested three levels at which information is processed.
- Structural processing- processing information accroding to its appearance.
- Phonetic processing- processing information according to its sound.
- Semantic processing- processign information accrording to its meaning
- Craik and Lockhart suggested that we have a central processor that handles information and determines how it is processed.
- Semantic processing is the deepest form of information processing.
- Structural processing is the shallowest form of information processing and is likely to result in the least material remembered.
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